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Copyright © 2022 Emily N. Weerakkody et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Abstract

This study characterized uranium metal dust cloud combustion using absorption spectroscopy, imaging, and broadband emission measurements. Other metals were similarly combusted to establish correlations between results from this study and those found in the literature. It was determined that the burn temperature of uranium was limited to the volatilization temperature of uranium dioxide. Combustion behavior was similar to that of other refractory metals in terms of burn time and the observation of exploding particle behavior.

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Title
Uranium Dust Cloud Combustion: Burning Characteristics and Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements
Author
Weerakkody, Emily N 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Read, Brian A 2 ; Clemenson, Michael D 3 ; Glumac, Nick G 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Energetic Materials Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA; Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 
 Fleet Readiness Center East, Naval Air Systems Command, Cherry Point, NC 28532, USA; Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 
 Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA 
 Mechanical Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 
Editor
Benjamin Shaw
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
20901968
e-ISSN
20901976
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2740357284
Copyright
Copyright © 2022 Emily N. Weerakkody et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/